Sunlight is incident on a solar cooker and gets focused at adistance of 10 cm from the pole of the concave mirror. What is the radius of curvature of the mirror?

40 cm

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10 cm

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5 cm

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20 cm

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The correct option is D 20 cm
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Sunlight is incident on a solar cooker and gets focused at a​distance of 10 cm from the pole of the concave mirror.​ What is the radius of curvature of the mirror?​

The correct option is D 20 cm​.

Sunlight is incident on a solar cooker and gets focused at adistance of 10 cm from the pole of the concave mirror. What is the radius of curvature of the mirror?

The correct option is D 20 cm
.